A bronze sculpture of a fisherman by Mark Lundeen stands near the parking lot of the Dairy Queen in Loveland at Eisenhower Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue. A crane installs George Lundeen’s snowboarder sculpture in the background.

LOVELAND — The Dairy Queen here is putting on a sculpture show of its own this week in time for the city’s annual sculpture extravaganza.

On Friday, crews installed three larger-than-life bronzes in the restaurant’s newly expanded parking lot at the corner of Eisenhower Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue.

For the next month, drivers along Eisenhower will see a giant fisherman hooking a monster trout, and a snowboarder flying upside down out of a halfpipe. Farther back in the lot stands a monumental piece depicting two bears.

Dairy Queen owner Craig Lindberg said he wanted to do something special with his restaurant, which sits at one of the most highly traveled intersections in the city.

“What other fast-food place in the world could you go and see something like this?” he said Monday.

“I certainly hope that for people who might not otherwise stop on their way to Estes Park, or wherever, it will give them a reason to slow down and stop in Loveland,” Lindberg said.

Lindberg, who has owned the ice-cream shop for 30 years, said he has several good friends in Loveland’s sculptor community. He has arranged to temporarily display pieces from those sculptors.

The twice-life-size pieces of the fisherman (“Hooked”) and the snowboarder (“Up for Grabs”) are commissioned works that, respectively, brothers Mark and George Lundeen created for the Scheels Sporting Goods chain.

The job for Scheels includes two more monumental works — of a mountain biker and a bowhunter — that still “are in the shop,” where they’re receiving finishing touches, George Lundeen said.

All four pieces will be delivered to the Scheels store in Sandy, Utah, by Sept. 11, Lundeen said. The two works now at DQ “are only going to be there about a month, and then we’ll find something else,” he said.

“Craig has done a great thing for the city and for the sculptors of the city,” Lundeen said. “He’s put them right where everybody can see them.”

Lindberg said he hopes to display six to 10 sculptures on his lot at all times. Some will be for sale, such as the bears piece by Loveland artist Dan Ostermiller.

The bronzes have been drawing attention, he said.

“Everybody’s overwhelmed,” he said. “It’s been a big hit.”

Volunteers needed

Loveland Sculpture Invitational is looking for a few more volunteers for this weekend’s three-day event.

“We currently have about 200,” said volunteer coordinator Brittany Koonce. “Fifty more volunteers would be awesome.”

She said people of any age can volunteer for the three-hour shifts at the venue outside Loveland High School. Anyone interested can call Koonce at 303-330-5325. Shifts are available during the sculpture show’s hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10; 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11; and 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12. Volunteer jobs include taking tickets at the gate, helping with token sales for food and supporting artists in their display tents.

“The great thing about being a volunteer is they get free access to our show and Sculpture in the Park across the street all weekend when they’re not volunteering,” Koonce sai.

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